[mapserver-users] FastCGI with multiple map files

[Andy Colson]

On 1/3/2014 4:08 PM, Richard Greenwood wrote:
> I'm running FastCGI but I'm not sure that I have it configured
> optimally, or even correctly. I have about a dozen map files. My
> requests look like:
>     mapserv.fcgi?map=abc.map&...
>     mapserv.fcgi?map=def.map&...
>     mapserv.fcgi?map=ghi.map&...
> Does FCGI know to cache each map file so that I have a FCGI thread(s)
> for each map file? Or do I just have FCGI threads that are re-reading
> which ever map file is needed? Would I do better with a small script
> wrapper around each mapserv+mapfile like:
>     abc.fcgi
>     def.fcgi
>     ghi.fcgi
> Sorry - I don't feel like I'm articulating my question very well.
>
> Rich
>
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I believe it'll reload the .map file every request.  But, your OS should 
cache it so you wont actually be hitting disk, and reading/parsing a 
.map file is very quick.  I think this is pretty far down on the list of 
things to optimize.  (Well, thats my opinion.  I've never actually timed it)

-Andy